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    The New Testament

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    Proving the New Testament Are the copies in existence today an accurate representation of the original copies of the New Testament? There are many facts and studies that prove this claim to be true contrary to popular belief by non-Christians and other religions alike. There are at least three reasons that it can be know with certainty that the New Testament in existence today is an accurate representation of the originals. Including the amount of copies, age, and determining that the variants within

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    of studies in the New Testament. The New Testament catches many attentions because it describes Jesus’ life and birth of the church. As people focus more on the New Testament, the Old Testament is viewed as an unnecessary book to read. Christians have debated whether the Old Testament is needed to be read. Many Christians have claimed that the Old Testament is unnecessary to the biblical study with the New Testament containing all the study materials needed. Even so, Old Testament is vital literature

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    The Bible is a collection of stories and teachings made up of two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament, as well as the Pentateuch or the first five books of the Bible. The Pentateuch and Old Testament follow the days of creation, the stories of Moses, and all that happened before Jesus was born. The New Testament follows the life, teachings, and death of Jesus. Before the Bible was written around 3000 years ago, it was told through narratives, poetry, and songs. Much like fairytales, which

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    The Old Testament and The New Testament provide mirror images of Terrestrial Humans mentality Evolution and the comprehensive overview of the mental developmental trends over a span covering last five millennia. The Old Testament moral norms served in establishing a legal system with base in an absolute, irrevocable right of private ownership. Incontestable proof of continuous process of Evolution in this micro-segment of Spiral is an emergence of ‘The New Testament’, as a herald of a new mental era

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    What is New Testament? The New Testament is a collection of books which contains the writings concerning the significant events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. These books appeared after the physical death of Jesus Christ. In this regard, Jesus had left no records concerning him, and all that is written about him depends wholly on what other people have written about him. The first four books of the New Testament are part of the several biographies of Jesus which were written by the end of the

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    New Testament Chapter 13

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    Summary of An Introduction to the New Testament Chapter One—Thinking About The Study of the New Testament The authors of the textbook intend chapter one to be a baseline or at least a starting point for scholars that are possibly studying the New Testament for the first time. The stated “aim” of the chapter is “to provide enough of a framework to make the rest of this textbook, and a lot of other books on the New Testament, a little easier to understand.” (23) Highlighted in the chapter are

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    The importance of an in depth study on the New Testament can scarcely be conveyed on paper, the Christian movement was the most radical experience of the world’s history at the time of Christ. This movement has directly affected time for each century since the coming of Christ, men may deny his Gospel but they cannot deny his existence, the division of time recognizes this fact. Since the coming and death of Jesus we have seen many false prophets and leaders come and go but none has had the effect

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    of the New Testament a person does not immediately change their view of the New Testament. Instead they read the passage through their own personal understanding. They interpret it through different lenses, social-culturally, materially, sexually and more. They read the text in such a way so that it works with their greater understanding of the book. They reinterpret or reimagine that text in such a way that they can incorporate it the into their greater understanding of the New Testament. However

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    The traditional interpretation of the development and authority of the New Testament canon is often a topic of debate and scrutiny; however, Dr. Michael J. Kruger provided an excellent, well-written justification of how the New Testament canon came to be the 27 books known today. Kruger is President and the Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC. Other publications include The Gospel of the Savior, The Question of Canon

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    1. Identify three types of book genres found in the New Testament and note some of the characteristics of each type. a. Gospels – The portraits of the person and work of the long pronounced Messiah. Matthew portrays Christ as King; Mark portrays Christ as a servant; Luke portrays Christ as man; and John portrays Christ as God (Unger, 1967). In the Gospels, Christ is made known to the world and his gospel provided in his death, resurrection, and ascension. The books called the Gospels deal with the

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